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MG TD TF 1500 - Speedometer & Tach Lighting

Is the lighting internal or external on both speedometer & Tachometer? These are the originals that I had rebuilt by MO-MA in New Mexico.

CJ Henderson

If they're early the lighting is external shining through translucent green windows cut into the sides of the bezels. The later ones had bulbs that plug into the back of the instruments. Yours look early. Cheers
Peter TD 5801
P Hehir

Flat face instruments are the early ones. Regards, tom
tm peterson

Fixtures for the external lighting can be seen on the upper two here.

MG LaVerne

Change the bulbs to the Moss Positive ground LED instrument lights and be amazed that you con really see the instruments at night
Don Harmer

Great....now if I could only see the road... :-)
MG LaVerne

A mahogany dash will make it harder to light the two big dials on a TD. I had to carve out a groove on the rear of the dashboard to allow light to reach the green translucent panels... I also glued a strip of shiny foil to help the lamp illuminate the dials better... Finally LEDs are great!
Geoffrey M Baker

This thread was discussed between 23/06/2014 and 24/06/2014

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